Guild Wars 2

According to the new livestream showcasing the new wintersday update, there is a new shoulders that is a bit like Nightfury but give a snoweffect instead. You will need to buy the blueprint for a few gold/karma and then do wintersday activities and put certain sigils in the mystic forge.

http://i.imgur.com/RyNuUSH.jpg

Some other notes about the livestream if you missed it: http://dulfy.net/2015/12/11/gw2-guild-chat-wintersday-preview-livestream-notes/

I want that!

Hopefully it doesn’t involve impossible RNG. I love anything ice or water themed more than anything.

I’m withholding my enthusiasm until I see how much it ultimately costs. Looking at you, Nightfury.

It does look really neat, though, so I’m hoping it won’t include any components that cost an arm and a leg.

Yeah, I’m kinda reserved about this as well until I see for myself if it’s going to be possible to get for me. It does look pretty though

Redenaz.8631:

I’m withholding my enthusiasm until I see how much it ultimately costs. Looking at you, Nightfury.

It does look really neat, though, so I’m hoping it won’t include any components that cost an arm and a leg.

The info so far reads like it will be craftable via the mystic forge after getting all of the collection items awarded via RNG for grinding repeatedly completing Wintersday activities.

Sigils
It’s shoulder armor, why would it use sigils in its forge recipe and not runes?
Anyway, depending on what sigils are needed, I expect the supply to get bought up immediately and jacked up in price. So this is one area where it can potentially become very costly if you do not already have the sigils. Then again, perhaps the sigils will be the ones that drop from the Wintersday gifts so we’ll get a supply of them simply by opening the gifts earned via doing the activities to get the collection items.

Collection Items
I’m sure each activity will award a piece needed for the collection and the collection itself gives you an account bound item that gets used in the forge. It is said that the RNG is low enough that you get a piece for the collection like every 3rd completion of an activity. If all we have to do is play each Wintersday activity ~3 times to get its piece, then that’s not too bad.

Then again, it’s disappointing to me that I would need to play the PvP activity to get its collection piece as I do not like PvP at all. I feel even worse for those not able to do jumping puzzles, let alone needing to do it ~3 times, who would then not be able to get the piece awarded for doing that activity.

I highly doubt it, but perhaps the collection items will be tradeable. I doubt they will be, but if they are tradeable, I expect those items may cost a bit if one wanted/needed to sidestep completing the activity that awards them.

WARNING to all interested in this item – if it truly works like Nightfury, be aware that Nightfury is bugged (and has been bugged since its release) to randomly stop showing its effect. There is no ETA on when (or if) this bug will be fixed. If it uses the same display method as Nightfury, there’s a good chance that this new one will be bugged too. You have been warned.

Those should go in a separate ‘effects’ section in the wardrobe, not using up gear skins.

Same for other visuals that are potions now, like the Selfless halo. There should be a way to unlock them as effects.

MithranArkanere.8957:

Those should go in a separate ‘effects’ section in the wardrobe, not using up gear skins.

Same for other visuals that are potions now, like the Selfless halo. There should be a way to unlock them as effects.

I completely agree. Same with the polyundulating refractors and such. :\

StinVec.3621:

MithranArkanere.8957:

Those should go in a separate ‘effects’ section in the wardrobe, not using up gear skins.

Same for other visuals that are potions now, like the Selfless halo. There should be a way to unlock them as effects.

I completely agree. Same with the polyundulating refractors and such. :\

Yeah. Like a mystic forge recipe or something to make an item that unlocks the effect out of the item that currently gives it. Cutthroat politics buttons, selfish and selfless potions, ghostly peppers, polyundulating refractors, preserved queen bees, the hylek hue potions, nightfury… they all could be turned into unlocks, rather than having to equip some item, using up skins, or carry around some gizmo or consumable.

MithranArkanere.8957:

Those should go in a separate ‘effects’ section in the wardrobe, not using up gear skins.

Same for other visuals that are potions now, like the Selfless halo. There should be a way to unlock them as effects.

+1 for truth

I have no problem doing the activities multiple times.

BUT if one of the components is tied to the jumping puzzle I am SOL. Platforming is definitely my weakest link.

Jackospades.4802:

I have no problem doing the activities multiple times.

BUT if one of the components is tied to the jumping puzzle I am SOL. Platforming is definitely my weakest link.

Yeah. My ping is going to screw me out of that if that ends up being the case.

Sadly, from my understanding of what was said during Guild Chat, the Wonderland JP is a required part of this piece. Each item in the collection sounds as if it is bound by event and you must complete the event successfully 3 times to get the item.

Honestly, I really, really, really hope I this is not the case. If it is get an item every 3 successful completions it isn’t so bad, but if it is every 3 times for every event…it’ll be just like Nightfury for a lot of players.

moonstarmac.4603:

Sadly, from my understanding of what was said during Guild Chat, the Wonderland JP is a required part of this piece. Each item in the collection sounds as if it is bound by event and you must complete the event successfully 3 times to get the item.

Honestly, I really, really, really hope I this is not the case. If it is get an item every 3 successful completions it isn’t so bad, but if it is every 3 times for every event…it’ll be just like Nightfury for a lot of players.

I don’t see the problem.

Wintersday is the BEST holiday with catchy music (I normally have my sounds muted) but I’ve always lvoed wintersday where Halloween felt so… eh…

Wintersday actually has a form of… jolly festive feels to it as it should where as the other seasonal events just again feel empty and not at all thought out just mindless zerging through the mad kings lab.

3 Jumping puzzle runs is very simple that’s about 3 items per run which is 20 mins per instance? Choir bell is a nice break and Wintersday pvp (if they fixed the multiple presents bugs aww…) can be fun if ran with friends or just running as a present snatching troll.

Nekomi.9562:

moonstarmac.4603:

Sadly, from my understanding of what was said during Guild Chat, the Wonderland JP is a required part of this piece. Each item in the collection sounds as if it is bound by event and you must complete the event successfully 3 times to get the item.

Honestly, I really, really, really hope I this is not the case. If it is get an item every 3 successful completions it isn’t so bad, but if it is every 3 times for every event…it’ll be just like Nightfury for a lot of players.

I don’t see the problem.

Wintersday is the BEST holiday with catchy music (I normally have my sounds muted) but I’ve always lvoed wintersday where Halloween felt so… eh…

Wintersday actually has a form of… jolly festive feels to it as it should where as the other seasonal events just again feel empty and not at all thought out just mindless zerging through the mad kings lab.

3 Jumping puzzle runs is very simple that’s about 3 items per run which is 20 mins per instance? Choir bell is a nice break and Wintersday pvp (if they fixed the multiple presents bugs aww…) can be fun if ran with friends or just running as a present snatching troll.

It has nothing to do with joy, it has to do with an entire subset of the population being unable to manage 1, let alone 3, successful run of the JP. Some people are simply ill equipped to handle them.

Nekomi.9562:

moonstarmac.4603:

Sadly, from my understanding of what was said during Guild Chat, the Wonderland JP is a required part of this piece. Each item in the collection sounds as if it is bound by event and you must complete the event successfully 3 times to get the item.

Honestly, I really, really, really hope I this is not the case. If it is get an item every 3 successful completions it isn’t so bad, but if it is every 3 times for every event…it’ll be just like Nightfury for a lot of players.

I don’t see the problem.

Wintersday is the BEST holiday with catchy music (I normally have my sounds muted) but I’ve always lvoed wintersday where Halloween felt so… eh…

Wintersday actually has a form of… jolly festive feels to it as it should where as the other seasonal events just again feel empty and not at all thought out just mindless zerging through the mad kings lab.

3 Jumping puzzle runs is very simple that’s about 3 items per run which is 20 mins per instance? Choir bell is a nice break and Wintersday pvp (if they fixed the multiple presents bugs aww…) can be fun if ran with friends or just running as a present snatching troll.

It once took me over 30 minutes to do a short jumping puzzle/vista. I’ve never been able to do the Wintersday jumping puzzle.

Lol…

Zero Day.2594:

All I want for Christmas is…

For another NightFurry not to happen.

Welp.

Zero Day.2594:

Lol…

Zero Day.2594:

All I want for Christmas is…

For another NightFurry not to happen.

Welp.

You’ve been a bad boi fer Santa

Just a flesh wound.3589:

It once took me over 30 minutes to do a short jumping puzzle/vista. I’ve never been able to do the Wintersday jumping puzzle.

This. I love everything about wintersday except the bell choir and the JP. I can’t stand either of them. I want the snowfall effect but doing those would just be horrible.

Meh. These shoulders just aren’t my cup of tea. Even if they were, I’m sure it’ll be expensive (1500+ gold).

StinVec.3621:

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Sigils
It’s shoulder armor, why would it use sigils in its forge recipe and not runes?
Anyway, depending on what sigils are needed, I expect the supply to get bought up immediately and jacked up in price. So this is one area where it can potentially become very costly if you do not already have the sigils. Then again, perhaps the sigils will be the ones that drop from the Wintersday gifts so we’ll get a supply of them simply by opening the gifts earned via doing the activities to get the collection items.

The Dev said you will need a bunch of sigils and other stuff to craft it. Then she realized that she shouldnt have given that info and stopped.
I am pretty sure you will need both, the sigil and rune from last years wintersday to craft it.

Wanze.8410:

StinVec.3621:

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Sigils
It’s shoulder armor, why would it use sigils in its forge recipe and not runes?
Anyway, depending on what sigils are needed, I expect the supply to get bought up immediately and jacked up in price. So this is one area where it can potentially become very costly if you do not already have the sigils. Then again, perhaps the sigils will be the ones that drop from the Wintersday gifts so we’ll get a supply of them simply by opening the gifts earned via doing the activities to get the collection items.

The Dev said you will need a bunch of sigils and other stuff to craft it. Then she realized that she shouldnt have given that info and stopped.
I am pretty sure you will need both, the sigil and rune from last years wintersday to craft it.

Better buy now or get screwed by Qataris…

Shoulders again? I really need the shoulders slot to make most of my costumes work, can’t we get a gloves visual for once, or better yet, the ability to chose between helm, shoulders or gloves skin?

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Nekomi.9562:

moonstarmac.4603:

Sadly, from my understanding of what was said during Guild Chat, the Wonderland JP is a required part of this piece. Each item in the collection sounds as if it is bound by event and you must complete the event successfully 3 times to get the item.

Honestly, I really, really, really hope I this is not the case. If it is get an item every 3 successful completions it isn’t so bad, but if it is every 3 times for every event…it’ll be just like Nightfury for a lot of players.

I don’t see the problem.

Wintersday is the BEST holiday with catchy music (I normally have my sounds muted) but I’ve always lvoed wintersday where Halloween felt so… eh…

Wintersday actually has a form of… jolly festive feels to it as it should where as the other seasonal events just again feel empty and not at all thought out just mindless zerging through the mad kings lab.

3 Jumping puzzle runs is very simple that’s about 3 items per run which is 20 mins per instance? Choir bell is a nice break and Wintersday pvp (if they fixed the multiple presents bugs aww…) can be fun if ran with friends or just running as a present snatching troll.

It once took me over 30 minutes to do a short jumping puzzle/vista. I’ve never been able to do the Wintersday jumping puzzle.

Wintersday Jumping puzzle is eaaaaaaaasy though.
People will whine for any reason they can grab onto an get baby fed.

The only understandable thing is the wintersday gifts when multiple people jump before you and end up killing you that is the only difficult part about it.

Nekomi.9562:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Nekomi.9562:

moonstarmac.4603:

Sadly, from my understanding of what was said during Guild Chat, the Wonderland JP is a required part of this piece. Each item in the collection sounds as if it is bound by event and you must complete the event successfully 3 times to get the item.

Honestly, I really, really, really hope I this is not the case. If it is get an item every 3 successful completions it isn’t so bad, but if it is every 3 times for every event…it’ll be just like Nightfury for a lot of players.

I don’t see the problem.

Wintersday is the BEST holiday with catchy music (I normally have my sounds muted) but I’ve always lvoed wintersday where Halloween felt so… eh…

Wintersday actually has a form of… jolly festive feels to it as it should where as the other seasonal events just again feel empty and not at all thought out just mindless zerging through the mad kings lab.

3 Jumping puzzle runs is very simple that’s about 3 items per run which is 20 mins per instance? Choir bell is a nice break and Wintersday pvp (if they fixed the multiple presents bugs aww…) can be fun if ran with friends or just running as a present snatching troll.

It once took me over 30 minutes to do a short jumping puzzle/vista. I’ve never been able to do the Wintersday jumping puzzle.

Wintersday Jumping puzzle is eaaaaaaaasy though.
People will whine for any reason they can grab onto an get baby fed.

The only understandable thing is the wintersday gifts when multiple people jump before you and end up killing you that is the only difficult part about it.

It’s easy for you.

I’ve never been able to do it and therefore it’s not easy for everyone and not an easy 20 minutes per instance like you said, which is the point that I’m making. For someone like me it could take a couple of hours, or more. Hard for me to judge the time when so far I haven’t been able to do it.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Nekomi.9562:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Nekomi.9562:

moonstarmac.4603:

Sadly, from my understanding of what was said during Guild Chat, the Wonderland JP is a required part of this piece. Each item in the collection sounds as if it is bound by event and you must complete the event successfully 3 times to get the item.

Honestly, I really, really, really hope I this is not the case. If it is get an item every 3 successful completions it isn’t so bad, but if it is every 3 times for every event…it’ll be just like Nightfury for a lot of players.

I don’t see the problem.

Wintersday is the BEST holiday with catchy music (I normally have my sounds muted) but I’ve always lvoed wintersday where Halloween felt so… eh…

Wintersday actually has a form of… jolly festive feels to it as it should where as the other seasonal events just again feel empty and not at all thought out just mindless zerging through the mad kings lab.

3 Jumping puzzle runs is very simple that’s about 3 items per run which is 20 mins per instance? Choir bell is a nice break and Wintersday pvp (if they fixed the multiple presents bugs aww…) can be fun if ran with friends or just running as a present snatching troll.

It once took me over 30 minutes to do a short jumping puzzle/vista. I’ve never been able to do the Wintersday jumping puzzle.

Wintersday Jumping puzzle is eaaaaaaaasy though.
People will whine for any reason they can grab onto an get baby fed.

The only understandable thing is the wintersday gifts when multiple people jump before you and end up killing you that is the only difficult part about it.

It’s easy for you.

I’ve never been able to do it and therefore it’s not easy for everyone and not an easy 20 minutes per instance like you said, which is the point that I’m making. For someone like me it could take a couple of hours, or more. Hard for me to judge the time when so far I haven’t been able to do it.

It’s all about practice, you need a mouse (some people don’t use one) turning settings to low help to make it less laggy, but overall it’s not hard it’s more pressure I guess since it’s pushing you to rush it quickly.